Australian Politicians

Like most Western countries, Australian Parliaments have two houses. The Upper House is
supposed to be a house of Review, to check the Bills or Laws passed by
the Lower House. In fact, this only works when the opposite Political
Party is in power. Otherwise, the Upper House merely rubber stamps the
Bills passed by the Lower House. As at 2016 in Australia, we do have
opposite Political Parties in the Canberra Federal Government which
means that at least some of the crazier Bills are discussed and many are not passed.

To write bulk letters to Politicians, it is important to note that each State Data Base has different Headings and therefore the Mail Merge Template must be different for each State. Therefore, there are separate pages for each State and the Federal Government.

In general though, the following may be used as a guide. This discussion uses an old version of Word, so your instructions may be different.

This is a draft page on Feb 29, 2016. It is a work in progress.

1.
Prepare your letter. To make it easier to fold and place letters into envelopes, it is
better to make the letter a single page. Two or more pages require
collating and so on. If you have a a printer that prints on two sides,
that makes it easier.

2. Select the appropriate Mail Merge template for the State you are about to print letters for.

3.
Paste your letter into the Template. Place your address and date at
the top of the template, and your name at the bottom of the letter. Here's a sample.